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Arlen Specter

Military · Politician

Arlen Specter is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Arlen Specter · Арлен Спектер · Спектер Арлен · ארלן ספקטר · آرلن اسپکتر · 4 more...				[sources]
Alias	Specter, Arlen · Спектер Арлен · Спектер, Арлен · ארלן ספקטור · ארלן ספקטר · 5 more...				[sources]
Weak alias	Specter · Спектер · 艾倫·史佩克 · 艾倫·史派克特 · 艾倫·斯佩克特 · 3 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1930-02-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Wichita				[sources]
Death date	2012-10-14				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	United States				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Arlen				[sources]
Last name	Specter · Спектер				[sources]
Political association	Democratic Party · Republican Party				[sources]
Website	specter.senate.gov				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q363055				[sources]
Position	District Attorney of Philadelphia (1966-1974) · Senate (member, 2005-2007) · Senate (member, 2007-2009) · Senate (member, 2009-2011) · United States senator (1981-1983) · 16 more...				[sources]
Education	Doctor of Sciences · University of Oklahoma · University of Pennsylvania (-1951) · Yale Law School (-1956) · primary school				[sources]
Religion	Judaism				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-21	Last processed	2026-01-22	First seen	2026-01-18

Descriptions

American politician (1930–2012)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2026-01-21

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Shanin Specter Close Associate	child	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
United States senator	2005-01-06	2007-01-03
United States senator	2007-01-06

Data sources

MySociety's EveryPolitician Dataset of National Legislators40,653

All members of national legislatures in the world, collected from hundreds of government web sites and consolidated via Wikidata.

Global · MySociety · non-official source

External databases

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions526,362

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata334,496

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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